Secondary Education in India : Universalizing Opportunity
The dramatic growth in Indian elementary education enrollment and improvements in retention and transition rates over the past ten years, particularly among more disadvantaged groups, are increasing pressure on the secondary level to absorb new ent...
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okr-10986-30422021-04-23T14:02:06Z Secondary Education in India : Universalizing Opportunity World Bank ACCESS CURRICULUM REFORM ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION EDUCATION FOR ALL ENROLLMENT EQUITY MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM QUALITY ASSURANCE RETENTION TEACHER EDUCATION The dramatic growth in Indian elementary education enrollment and improvements in retention and transition rates over the past ten years, particularly among more disadvantaged groups, are increasing pressure on the secondary level to absorb new entrants. Given ongoing center and state investments in Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (education for all), this trend will continue for the next 10 years. At the same time, India's impressive, sustained economic growth has increased household and labor market demand for secondary and higher education. Secondary education's contribution to economic growth, demonstrated high social benefits (particularly for girls), and support of democratic citizenship reinforce the need for increased public support at this level, particularly in light of the very large inequalities in access to secondary education, by income, gender, social group and geography. The challenge is to dramatically improve access, equity and quality of secondary education simultaneously. Small-scale learning achievement studies and parental preference for private schools suggest that the quality of public secondary education is alarmingly low. Efforts to improve the quality of secondary education are thus urgent, but medium to long-term in producing results. India needs to make the public qualitative investments now in teacher education and accountability, curriculum reform, quality assurance, examinations reform, national assessment capabilities and management information systems, which will require time and significant institutional capacity building to succeed at a national scale. The recently launched centrally sponsored scheme for secondary education, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), offers a strategic opportunity to improve access and equity; enhance quality, accountability and ability to measure learning outcomes; and promote standardization of curriculum and examinations across states. In addition, India's recent decision to participate in international assessments of student achievement is an extremely positive sign. Over time, such participation will provide an important objective baseline of students' cognitive skills and a future measure of success of the country's investments in elementary and secondary education. 2012-03-19T17:23:04Z 2012-03-19T17:23:04Z 2009-01-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20090518003954 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3042 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank Economic & Sector Work :: Other Education Study South Asia South Asia Asia India |
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The dramatic growth in Indian elementary
education enrollment and improvements in retention and
transition rates over the past ten years, particularly among
more disadvantaged groups, are increasing pressure on the
secondary level to absorb new entrants. Given ongoing center
and state investments in Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (education
for all), this trend will continue for the next 10 years. At
the same time, India's impressive, sustained economic
growth has increased household and labor market demand for
secondary and higher education. Secondary education's
contribution to economic growth, demonstrated high social
benefits (particularly for girls), and support of democratic
citizenship reinforce the need for increased public support
at this level, particularly in light of the very large
inequalities in access to secondary education, by income,
gender, social group and geography. The challenge is to
dramatically improve access, equity and quality of secondary
education simultaneously. Small-scale learning achievement
studies and parental preference for private schools suggest
that the quality of public secondary education is alarmingly
low. Efforts to improve the quality of secondary education
are thus urgent, but medium to long-term in producing
results. India needs to make the public qualitative
investments now in teacher education and accountability,
curriculum reform, quality assurance, examinations reform,
national assessment capabilities and management information
systems, which will require time and significant
institutional capacity building to succeed at a national
scale. The recently launched centrally sponsored scheme for
secondary education, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan
(RMSA), offers a strategic opportunity to improve access and
equity; enhance quality, accountability and ability to
measure learning outcomes; and promote standardization of
curriculum and examinations across states. In addition,
India's recent decision to participate in international
assessments of student achievement is an extremely positive
sign. Over time, such participation will provide an
important objective baseline of students' cognitive
skills and a future measure of success of the country's
investments in elementary and secondary education. |
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Secondary Education in India : Universalizing Opportunity |
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Secondary Education in India : Universalizing Opportunity |
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Secondary Education in India : Universalizing Opportunity |
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Secondary Education in India : Universalizing Opportunity |
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Secondary Education in India : Universalizing Opportunity |
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secondary education in india : universalizing opportunity |
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2012 |
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